Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-10


vide it up among the good. The reason
he does not divide it now is because 1t ts
not done. A kind father Will not divide
the apple among his children until the
apple is ripe. In fluff lment of the New
Testament promise, tine meek shall iu-
herit the EARTH" aud the promise OF the
Old Testament, "IIe shall divide the spoil
with the strong" the world VIII be APP
portioned to those worthy 70 possess 1t.
1t is not 80 now. In this country, capa-
bic of holding. feeding, clothing and shell
tering twelve hundred million people, and
where we have sixty million inhabitants,
we have TWO millions who cannot get hon
est work, and with their families an aggre-
cation OF twenty millions that are on the
verge OF starvation. SJlnethlng wrong
most certainly. In some way, there VIII
be new apportiOnment. Many OF the
millionaire estates will crack to pieces on
the dissipauOns OF grandchildren, and
then dissolve into the possession of the
masses who now have an nsuthcency.
Wnat, you say, will become OF the eX-
pensive and elaborate buildings now de-
voted TO debasing amusements! They
will become schools, art galleries, muse
ums, yymnasiums, and churches. The
world is already getting disgusted with
many of these amuSements, and no won
der. What an importation OF unclean
theatrical stuff we have within the last
few years had brought to our shores! !!
And professors of religion patronizing
such things! Having sold out to the
devil, why don't you deliver the goods
and 90 over 10 him publicly, body, mind
and soul, and withdraw your name from
Christian churches and say: "kuOw all
the world by these presents, that | am IA
patron of uncleauness and child OF
he'll" Sworn to be the Lords, you are
perjurers.
But at last the tide has turned, and the
despIsers of purity overdd the matter.
A foreign actress OF base morals arrived,
intending TO make the tour OF the States, but
the remaining decehcy OF our cities rose
up and Cancelled the contracts, and drove
ner back from our American stage, a
woman fit fer neither continent. In the
name of Almighty God take these abomi-
nations by the throat. IfyOu think these
Offenses are to 90 on forever you do not
know wao the Lord is. God Will not wait
Tor the Day Of Judgment. All these pal
aces of sin will become palaces OF right
eOusness. They will come into the pos
session of those strong for virtue and
strong for God, "He shall divide the
spoil with the strong"
CnIna and Africa, the two richest por-
tions OF the earth by reason of metals and
rare woods, and inexhaustible product
iveness, are not yet divided up among the
good because they are not ready to be di-
vIded. Wait until all tbs doors that Liv-
ingstone opened in Africa shall be en-
tered, and Bishop Taylor with his band OF
Seli-Supporting missionaries have done
their work, aud the Ashantees and Sene-
gambians shall know Christ as well as
you know Him, and there shall be on the
banks OF the Nile and the Niger higher
civilization than is now TO be found on
the banks Of the Hudson, then Christ will
divide up that continent among his friends.
Wait until China, winch is half as large
as all Europe, shall have developed her
capacities for rice and tea and sugar,
among edibles, and her amethyst and sap
phire and topaz aud opal and Jasper and
porphyry, among precious stones, and her
rosewood aud ebony and camphOr and
varnish trees, among precious woods, and
turned up from her depths half-dozen
PennsylVanas of coal and iron, and
twenty Neyada's of silver, and fifty Cali
tOrniaS of gold, and ber tlve hundred mil
lion OF people shall be eVangelized; then
the Lord will dlvldelit up among the good.
If my text be not deception, but the
eternal truth, then the time is coming
when all the farms will be owned by
Christian farmers, and all the commerce
controlled by Christian merchants, and
all the authority held by Christian Off
cials, and all the ships commanded by
Christian captains, and all toe uniVersi-
ties under the instruction of Christian
professors; Christian kings, Christian
presidents, Christian governors, Chris
tian mayors, CnrisJian common council.
Yet, what securing out! what an up-
turning! what a demolition! what "A res
direction must precede this new appor-
tlOnment!
| do not underrate the enemy. Julius
Caesar got his greatest victories by fully
estimating the vsstness Of his foes and
prepared his men for their greatest
triumph by saying: "rO-mOrrow King
Juba Will be here with 10000 horses, 100,.
600 skirmishers, and 300 elephants"
do not underrate the vast forces of sin
and death, but do you know who COM
mands us? JehOvan-Jireh. And the re-
serve corps behind us are all the armies
OF heaven and earth, with hurricane and
thunderbolt. The good work OF the worlds
redemption is gong on every minute.
Never so many splendid men aud glorious
women on tho side OF right as to-day.
Never 50 many good people as now.
Diogenes has been spoken OF as wise
man because he went with a lantern al
MONDAY, saying he was looking for an
honest man. Ii be had turned his lantern
toward himself he might have dis
covered crank. Honest men by the ten
thousandl Through the international
Series Of sunday School Lessons the next
generation all through Christendom are
going to be wiser than any generation
since the world stood. The Kingdom is
coming. God can do it. No house wife
with a cbamOis clotn ever polished sill
yer teaspoon with more ease than Christ
will rub of from this world the taruish,
and brighten IL up till II glows like
heaven, and then the glorious apportiOn.
ment, for my text 10 reinforced by "A score
OF other texts, when IL says OF Christ;
He shall divide the spoil with the
strong"
But" you say, "that is pleasant TO
think OF for others, but before that time
1 shall have passed up into another eX'
istence, and | snail get no advantage
from that new apportionmeat." An, you
have only driven me TO the other more
exciting and transporting consideration
and that is that Christ IS going 70 dlvide
up heaven in the same way. There are
old estates in the ce estial world that
have been I'm the possession OF its inhab
Itants for thousands OF years, and they
snail remain as they are. There are old
family mansions in heaven filled with
whole generations OF kindred, and they
shall never be driven out. Many Of the
victors from earth have already
got their palaces, and they
are pointed out TO those newly
arrived. Soon after our getting there we
will ask TO be shown the Apos
tolic residences, and ask where
does Paul live, ana John